Infrahepatic interruption of the inferior vena cava with azygos continuation: A potential mimicker of aortic pathology

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1078-1083

  Blanchard, D G ^a   Sobel, J L ^a   Hope, J ^a   Raisinghani, A ^a   Keramati, S ^a   DeMaria, A N ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031785476     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(98)70160-9     Document Type: Article

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